DECATUR, Ga. — A former Georgia police officer convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. Robert "Chip" Olsen was responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in...
Veterans With PTSD, Anxiety Turn to Beekeeping for Relief
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Gently lifting a wooden frame containing dozens of Italian honeybees, Vince Ylitalo seemed transfixed as he and several other veterans inspected the buzzing insects. "This is really cool," he said, pointing to a bee with blobs of orange pollen on its hind legs. Ylitalo, who has battled...
Broad Legalization Means Medical Marijuana Takes a Hit
PORTLAND, Ore. — When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. Much of the decline comes from consumers who,...
Police: Army Vet Drove Into People Thinking They Were Muslim
SAN FRANCISCO — An Iraq War veteran deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of the people were Muslim, California authorities said Friday. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for injuring eight people, including four who remain hospitalized. The most seriously injured...
APNewsbreak: Motorist Who Hit Pedestrians Suffered From PTSD
SUNNYVALE — A California man who authorities said drove his car through a crosswalk in a quiet Silicon Valley suburb, slamming into eight people, is an Army veteran of the Iraq War who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Police said in a...
They Fought for Our Country. Now They Are Forced to Leave.
Imagine sitting at the San Ysidro border crossing and peering over the horizon. One side is Mexico. One side is California. A constant stream of cars and people on foot easily crosses back and forth, except for a growing brotherhood of deported U.S. veterans. The words ‘"deported" and "veteran" seem...